Wessex Rivers Trust

Registered charity 1130991 · since 2009wessexrt.org.uk·Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

Wessex Rivers Trust is an environmental charity that carries out its own river restoration, catchment, education and research work across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Wiltshire and Dorset.
Its published descriptions cover its direct activities, not grants to other organisations, and the register shows no grants to institutions in the latest year it covers, so a request for funding is unlikely to fit.
The annual report gives no usable grants figure, and no grant range or application process is published, so there is no basis for judging a realistic request size.
If your work is river conservation in one of these areas, the more sensible first step is to contact the Trust about possible partnership or collaboration, using the contact it lists, rather than submitting a grant application.

Overview

Wessex Rivers Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1130991).

Wessex Rivers Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales that describes itself as an environmental charity dedicated to conserving chalk streams and rivers in Wessex. Its stated purpose is the guardianship, protection, enhancement and maintenance of healthy, functioning ecosystems within the river catchments and corridors of the Wessex region. Its work includes practical river restoration, catchment management, education and engagement, and research and monitoring.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Wessex Rivers Trust describes itself as an environmental charity dedicated to conserving chalk streams and rivers in Wessex and working towards healthy rivers for wildlife and people. Its work includes practical river restoration, catchment management, education and engagement, and research and monitoring. It identifies problems facing rivers, works with partners and stakeholders to develop solutions, and plans and delivers restoration projects. The Trust also coordinates environmental improvements at catchment scale, supports better stewardship of water and water quality, and provides education and resources to improve public understanding of rivers and involvement in their protection. These descriptions concern the Trust’s direct activities, not grants to other organisations.

Geographic Focus

Hampshire; Isle Of Wight; Wiltshire; Dorset.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Wessex Rivers Trust.

James Tuttiett Charitable TrustRollingGave £79,116 Westcountry Rivers TrustRollingGave £364k Wessex HeartbeatRollingGave £372k John Swire 1989 Charitable TrustInvitation onlyGave £3.2M The Adrian Swire Charitable TrustNo public processGave £1.6M The Wiltshire Historic Buildings Trust LtdNo public process The Valentine Charitable TrustInvitation onlyGave £1.1M The Roger & Sarah Bancroft Clark Charitable TrustNo public process The Inland Waterways AssociationNo public processGave £231k The Fairfield Charitable TrustRollingGave £358k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 30 June 2021	£751,761	£630,449	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2021
year to 30 June 2022	£1,226,454	£1,247,074	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2022
year to 30 June 2023	£1,532,018	£1,449,383	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2023
year to 30 June 2024	£1,334,086	£1,135,533	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2024
year to 30 June 2025	£1,791,401	£1,199,688	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.